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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE & 00.. Proorietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIa7 FRIDAY. APRIL~2oT 1877. VOG. III. NO -13.“ CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. Antwerp is successfully illuminating cr harbor with electric lights nnd con- emplates trying them on her streets. Russian princes are unfortunate. One lias just been cast into prison for some .misdemeanor, and another has been cap tured by the widow of a patent modicino man. A $30,000 HALL is to bo erected at IFisk university, Nashville, Tenn. The hall is dedicated to tho work of training missionaries for Africa. Twelve thou- jtand dollars were subscribed in England. The Raleigh News reports the death of Benjamin Johnson, of Chathnm, N. C., at the age of one hundred and twenty years. He lived to see his great-great grandchildren married. The marquis of Salisbury’s trip to Constantinople cost tho British people $50,000, and the conference at which ho assisted complicated tho eastern question more than ever. Salisbury traveled with ji gorgeous retinue of fifteen or twenty jjersons. Prince Nikita, of Montenegro, has declined to command the Bosnian insur gents out of a kindly consideration for Austria. Austria’s situation with refer ence to the Russo-TurkUh question is by jio means an exhilarating one. Her provinces along the Bosnian border, Croatia and Sclavonia, are brimful of Sclaves, ready at any favorablo opportu nity to rush out and help their brethren. {Should the prince of Montenegro become the responsible head of a general revolt. Austrian subjects would soon bo fight ing against tho porte, thus placing the government in the position of an aider aind abetter of the Sclavic revolt. The total number of paying granges is reported at 15,031, not including Ala bama, Oregon, Arizona, Montana and Canada. Up to the issuing of Mr. Kel- ‘.lov’s report, in 1875, there had been is- hued in tho United States 24,200 char ters, which, plus eight hundred and eighty-five bust year, makes a total of 25,175, leaving 10,541 granges, or about two in every five dead, consolidated or delinquent. This is a pretty heavy rate of mortality, but not excessive when wo remember how many granges, especially in the northwest, were organized when there was not sufficient territory and members to support them.-— Hu ral World. A few days since a man in Newport, K. I., while opening quahaugs, found in one of them a black, lustrous substance, about the size of and resembling the button from a lady’s boot. He took it 1o two or more jewelers, who pronounced it to be worthless ; but not discouraged, lie took it to another, who wrote to prominent jewelers of New York, de scribing it, and in reply he was requested fo forward it by mail for inspection. This was done, and the result is a check for $20 has been received for it. It proved to be a “black pearl,” and its value would have been considerably greater but for its being scratched by the knife in opening the quahaug shell. The methods recommended for the cure of sleeplessness are numberless. Those eufterimr from habitual wakeful ness had better store their minds with remedies, and try one after another, until something effectual is discovered. For what will help one person may be useless to another. One curious method suggested for (inducing sleep is for the patient to close his eyes and try to think he is attentively watching a stream of air entering and leaving the nostrils. When the stream seems to be visible, sleep infallibly comes. Another plan proposed is simply to breathe slowly and quietly for a few moments. It is worth a trial. The sleepless person should take deep, slow inspirations, imitating the breathing of a quiet sleeper. The citizens of Lickskillet, Ridgewtiy township, Osage county, have bad an unusual kind of excitement in hunting snakes. Last autumn some people saw snakes going in and out of a hole in Mr. Losh’s place, so a number of neighbors concluded to dig them out. A week ago last Saturday a Jparty went to work. After digging part of the afternoon they came to* a den of reptiles. As it was a poor day for snakes, the result of the slaughter was only eighty six, consisting of rattlesnakes, copperheads, black snakes and blue racers, some of which were six feet long, and some were as large as a man’s arm. Some of the rattlesnakes had as many as ten rattles. There are more supposed t© be in the hole that will be dug out in time.—Lawrence (Kanms) Tribune. • ALLOW FOR THE <MM IF/.,” You hum often, no doubt, hud occmdon to note. Though tho garment, at Unit, tocmed certain t* That, niter toino wenring, the iloova of your oont Toward the shoulder was crawling, hy tasy do- greea; And that's what tho clothier, of com ho, had In mind, When he nald to ht9*cuatonior: " Long ?--not at alt right—ns you'll »»r* i suiting h The expression v Hut It set i sot merely to cunts hut to women and m In mat lent of life ns they dully arise; r the shrinkage of huiiinu nlVitlra- " mlse, how great I I ho perfort tho sIccto— and "allow foi llut tin cllnga,' Hy which he proposes to stand or to fall— " Hesolutiolis." remomher, aro slippery things* — And In politics always " allow for the crnwl!" You nre deeply in love with tho sweetest of girls, An nngol in hoops—only wanting the wings! (If angels could purchase such beautiful curia) Like a seraph site smiles ; like a siren sho sings) Ab I spetidld nnd vast are tho fancies of youth , Hut down to plain facts they finally fall; And happy thocou|\)e who, llnding tho truth, lu c— r *—' — *— *' n Jugal kink ness "allow for the crawl!' alhtlrfl; In brief, recollect that in ktiuu In social connect Ions; iu trat rriago; in sormons and prayers, In fine, aj!>e nr Unfriendly And ulwnys i wlth nilj r tho crawl! PREPARING COD FISH FOR MARKET. After a few expiring wriggles—and it is a comfort to lie informed by natural- irttH that fish aro almost inscnsiblo to pain —the cod in flung from tho fiRherman’s boat upon the rough at age, where it is re ceived by the “ cutthroat,” who, with a sharp knife, lays open the fish across the throat and down the belly, and passes it to the header. This operator proceeds to extract tho liver, which is dropped into a vessel by his side, to bo converted into cod-liver oil. He then extracts the entrails and wrenches off the head, nnd throws these into another recoptaclo, to bo preserved for the farmer, to mix with bog and earth, thus forming a moat fer tilizing compost for his fields. The tongues, liowovcr, are taken out, and also tho sounds, nnd these, fresh or pickled, are an excellent article of food. The fish is then passed to tho splitter, who, hy a dexterous movement, cuts out tho back bone nearly to tho tail, and thus lays the fish entirely o|>en, and capable of being laid flat on its back. This is the nicest part of tho operation, nnd tho splitter always commaads higher wages than the rest of the operators. Tho sal ter next takes the fish and washes it well from all particles of blood, nulls it and places it in piles to drain. After laying the proper length of time it is washed, and spread to dry on the “ flake,’* which is formed of Hpruce boughs, supported by a framework resting upon upright poles. Here the cod are spread out individually to blench by exposure to sun and air, and during this process require constant attention. At night, or on the approach of rain, they are made up into little round heaps, with the skin outward, in which state they look very much like small haycocks. When the “ bloom,” or whitish appearanoc, which for n time they assume, comes out on the dried fish, the process is finished, and then they are quite ready for storing. On being con veyed to the premises of tho exporting merchant, they are first “culled,” or assorted, into four different kinds, known as “ Merchantable,” “ Madeira,” “ West India,” and “ Dun,” or broken fish. The first is tho best quality, the second a grade lower, the third is intended for the stomachs of the negroes, and the fourth, which is incapable of keeping, is used at home. The cod sent to hot countries are packed by screw power into fmall casks called “ drums; ” those which go to the Mediterranean are usually ex- p irted in bulk. Large quantities of dried cod fish are shippeu to Brazil, and there is hardly an inhabited corner of that vast empire where the Newiound- land cod is not to be found, being carried on the backs of mules from the scacoaat into the most distant provinces of the interior. The negroes of the West Indins welcome it as a grateful addition lo their vegetable diet. To all parts of the Mediterranean it iinds it way, Italians, Greeks and Sicilians equally relishing the produce of the sea harvest. The Spaniards and Portuguese * are our b.>t customers, and all over the sunny penin- su'a the “bucalo” is a standing di.h. In the warmer regions of the earth the people seem to have a special liking fgr th?, dried and salted cod, and to them it is an almost indispensable article of food. —Mon I real Gazette. The British museum must he a pleas ant place for a man looking for a book. The books cf that famous institution cover twelve miles of shelving. A Lira ANACONDA. With the commencement of tho Lon don season lias arrived an illustrious vis itor from South America. Ho is one of the largest of the boaida' family known to our generation, lie is an anaconda (Enucctcs murinus), which, as I translate it, means the good swimming mouse or deer enter. This immense snake is now safely housed in the zoological gardens, under the paternal care of Holland, who has for many years so ably managed the snakes, poisonous and noil-poisonous. Our visitor arrived at Liverpool in a largo box. Intelligence was given to Mr. Bartlett, whoproooeded to Liverpool to inspect him, a matter of considerable difficulty. It will not do to buy (inexpen sive snake of this kind without a war ranty. Snakes aro very liable to canker in the mouth. The gums get swollen and flabby and completely conceal tho teeth, so that tho beast cannot feed. Again, if snakes aro injured in their cap ture they frequently die in consequence. It was necessary to examino the snake as to these two {mints. Having been shut up for several months without food and in the dark the anaconda was not in a good temper. When tlio lid was opened Mr. Bartlett caught him tight round the neck with both hands; it was not necessary to open the mouth, as the savage snako did that soon enough of himself in true anger. A moment’s in spection showed ho had no disease of tho gums. It was with some difficulty that Mr. Bartlett got his head back into tho box without letting out moro than a foot or two of his body. The anaconda has not poisonous teoth, but lias great and dangerous {lowers of crushing. Tho box with the snako weighed ovor two hun dred pounds. It was with much dodg ing that the anaconda was conducted by two keepers to his new quarters, where he at onco retreated into a batli of wato^ from which, as yet, lie has only emerged onco or twice. It is difficult to give tho exact length of tho snake, as he is not to be measured with as much facility ns a fathom of rorpe. Ho is now lying in three parallel folds in his bath ; we know the length oftlmbath,and wo cal culate his length to bo between eighteen and twenty feet—a tremendous fel low. It was impossible to get a tape ineusuro around him; but having measured his diameter in his thickest part, we concluded that he is over two feet round the body. At present ho is thin, and tho skin fils him vory loosely. It is hoped that ho will soon begin to feed. Mr. Bartlett, with his usual inge nuity, has found out how to make Mr. Anaconda feed. He covers his bath over at night, and puts therein with the snake a duck. The duck is always gone iu the morning, and the snake- appears fatter. Anaconda is decidely nocturnal and aquatic in his habits. Like our own British snake, it is found in marshy, damp places, and ho feeds upon animals which come down to drink at night. Mr. Bartlett lias ascertained that the last meal this snake had consisted of a young peccary, the horny part of the hoofs hav ing been discovered in the stones at tho bottom of tho cage; there aro also the hairs of another animal which has to be diagnosed by microscopists. This trop ical American snake ts also called the Aboma. The provincial name El frat/a vambo or the deer swallower. Ho never interferes with men, although, of course, lie will tako his own part if attacked. It is greatly to be hoped that this magnifi cent snake will, in time, get an appetite and recover from his travel-worn appear ance. His companion in tho cage is a magnificent reticulated python (IJlnr sawa), caught at Penang. He has been at the gaVdena since August, 1870,and has not eaten anything since lie arrived. He shed his skin on Sunday, February 25, and is now most lovely to behold. It would be impossible to describe the tints of the new skin (a splendid lacing of bronze, blue, gold and black), except by paying that they are quite as gorgeous as the peacock’s plumage. — Land and Water. ..The book agent was a red-headed man, and when he took off his hat with surface politeness, and ran his hand through his blazing top-knot, each hair seemed fo glow with aatanic fire. Then ho boblied his head nnd showed more erubcsccncs, and opening his moutli, ex hibited his deep magenta-liued fangs, and hissed forth, “Good day.”—Detroit, News. There are in the German army J62 officers, 48,825 non commissioned officers, 744 deputy paymasters, 12,544 musicians, 327,406 volunteers and privates, 3.189 hospital attendants, 9,451 pioneers, in all 401,659 men; 1,026 military surgeons, 74G paymasters, 621 farriers, 018 gun smiths, 93 saddlers, and 79,853 horses in service. ODD NOTES. Innate Marks, recently hanged in Lon don for murder, was tho first Israelite England had legally put to death in two hundired years. Aijaprlco of tho moment with young ladir s is that of wearing long black kid glov ph with light evening dresses; they hav<3 tho effect of making tho hand look small. A Detroit baker bad two barrels of cmckcrH spoiled by turpentine, and he not only gave them to tho poor, but se cured a reputation of a liberal-hearted man. A young Madagascan brought into Franco inquired if all tho Frenchmen are doctors. Asked why he thought so, he replied that they all took bin hand and asked after his health. 4 Han Francisco man, with a two thousand dollars a day income, hns a petiohant for gotting his money’s worth. Considering tho saucer part of tlio cup, ho insists on both being filled when he orders a cup of coffee. Between Rovorsto and Trent, at tho foot of a hill, an immense bronze table of die Roman epacli has been discovered. It reproduces in perfectly preserved characters tho decree of Julius Cmsar, in which ho granted to tho pcoplo of those towns tho .Roman citizenship and alliance with one of tho civic tribes. Tho London Lnncet defines “ Moderate Drinking ” as that which consists with a clean tonguo, a good appetite, a slow pulse, a cool skin, a clear head, a steady hand, good walking power, and light, re freshing sleep, and asserts that “ odd g’assps of boor and spirit* in a forenoon do not come within tho range of moder ate drinking.” Following in tho wake of tho academy <xf sciences, some of tho French papers •hie discussing tho the amosthetics, nota bly protoxide of azote—laughing gas—in (ho practice of dentistry. It is urged that while its use may bo popular in tho United States, where life j H cheap, it should not bo encouraged elsewhere. Mr. Walter, M. P., has presided at a temperance, conference at Newbury, and strongly advocated tho brewing of a lighter and less heady beer, resembling that of Germany, and tho establish men t of cafes after the model of thoso on the continent, as tho best antidotes to tho wide-spread drunkenness of tho working classes. Romance outruns civilization. Spot ted Tail’s daughter Shonkoo, or the “ Rod Rose,” loved Lone Elk, u young brave. Two Sinters of Charity persuaded Spotted Tail /to give them his child and bring her up in a convent. Shonkoo said nothing, but at night she eloped witli the darling Lono Elk, who pacified the old gentleman by the gift of a pony. An Englishman says: “The attrac tions of French womon born of French parents, ns a rule, consists of a graceful movement of the body, small feet and well shaped hands; a sometimes fascin ating expression belonging to irregular features and a facility for conversation which makes you forget they do not be long to the Phryno ideal. They dress better than any other ladies in the world.” From recent details which have been received of tho great fire at Tokio, in Japan, it appears that not less than 10,- 000 houses wore burned. Among them were eight buildings belonging to for eigners, including the residence of tho Austrian minister. It is supposed about sixty lives were lost. About thirty of these are believed to have perished in the Fimalmra, which was considered the best theater in Japan. At liCii Faint Ttemy, in Belgium, an appalling sensation lias lately occurred. A young man of eighteen years, who was believed to be dead, was placed in a coffin and buried. A great number of mourners accompanied the funeral. One of them pronounced a eulogium upon the character of the deceased, the usual prayers were recited, and the coffin wits lowered into the grave. The grave-dig gers had begun to fill it in with clay when they heard several knocks given from within the coffin. Terrified, they ran to call the curate and inform the mayor, in the presence of both of which personages the coffin was opened. “ Hor rible spectacle!” says the paper from which this is translated. “The unfor tunate youth, who had been buried alive while in a state of legarthy, had nindo desperate efforts to break open the lid of the coffin, but uselessly, and had died of esphyxia.” When Edbam Pasha, the present grand vizier, was a boy he was sold as a slave to the Turkish statesman Khosrev, who, upon discovering his extraordinary abilities, gave him his liberty and sent him to Paris to bo educated. Ho was born in 1828 nt Oliico, bis parents being Circassian. After remaining at Paris three yearn his ^patron Induced him to study mining engineering, and for four years ho followed this pursuit In France, Germany, and Switzerland. Returning to Constantinople in 1889, he was ap pointed a captain on the general staff, and ton years later was made an aid-de- camp to tho sultan, subsequently attain ing tlio ranks of general, chamberlain of tlio palace, and member of tho council of state, lie had also been minister of foreign affairs and Turkish ambassador to various European courts. His polit ical affiliation iH with the young Turkish par SIC IU'ANT GIRLS IN REVOLT. A blood loss revolution ia now going on in the basement of our great houses and fashionable boarding-houses, whoso sullen murmurs float up tho back stairs. It 1h the Irish girls resisting being put into caps. Tho Cap question is agitating all parts of tho habitable town. Tho caps them selves are really the defense of mistresses against tho prevailing stylo of coiffure which is making untold ravages among tho waitresses. Fastidious people object that it dis seminates itself too freely through tho food and ovor our shoulders at tho table. Tlio only alternative would bo to give tlio girls moro time in tho morning to arrango and make firm tho structure, which requires time and plenty of hair pins. Hair-pins boing among tho per quisites of tho place that objection is of no forco; to tho lime mistresses natu rally refuse to consent. French servants oxpect to wear caps, (I ormans accept them, but tho Irish make sturdy resistance. Tho custom, how- ovor, is growing. In many houses girls will not bo considered who refuse to wear caps, and in others, when extra pay has been given to induce old servants to put them on, they aro turned away now if refusing to wear them, tho pay being withdrawn. Tho custom is not con sidered to conflict with republican ideas; ladies whose patriotism abhors anything that looks like sumptuary legislation re gard caps as a tribute to noatness, and livery as a question of order, and both as a graceful recognition of the demands of Heaven and godliness. As for the girls, the best servants acquieseo in the new regulation and put on their neat caps. As to superior people the world over, tho mere question of dress is of no paramount iinportanco; besides, it is hard times. The slatterns sturdily rebel. There is a rumor of a still greater in novation several degrees higher i:i the social-scale. Several gentlemen have in contemplation a new store modeled after An Hon Marche, and arc now seoking a proper location for the enterprise. In this store the female employes are to wear a uniform consisting of a cap and apron, a uniform which presumably will be made ns pleasant and becoming os possible to the young ladies who wear it.—N. Y. World. A STRANGE EPIDEMIC. A strange epidemic among horses has made its appearance in some parts of Scotland, and there are, it is stated, more than five hundred horses nt the present moment suffering from its effects in Edinburgh. The disease commences with great weakness and swelling of the eyes nnd limbs, the left eye in tho majority of cases being affected more than the right. There is also frequently intestinal disorder, and spots appenr on tho tongue ns though from blood poison ing. Tlio attack lasts on an average, from five to twelve days. Opinions ap pear to differ as to whether it is infec tious or not; at any rate, it is spreading rapidly, nnd affects horses indiscrim inately in all classes of stables. One case has occurred of a cow suffering from it, nnd, as the animal was stalled beside a pony which had also suffered from it, there seems reason to fear that the diseaso must be infectious. On the other hand, instances are mentioned of horses es caping the disease altogether, although occupying stables where several other horses were attacked. The darn {mess of the atmosphere which has lately pre vailed is supposed to have originated tho epidemic, and indeed the abnormal state of the weather during the last six weeks is quite sufficient to account for any amount of sickness, not only in the stable, but in the kennel.—Pall Mall Ga zelle. THIS WOULD uopeais very beautiful when you are well; to remain well, healthy and Htiong take D <•■.!. II.McLean's Strength ening Cordial and Blood Purifier, the great est tonic in the World. It strengthens the body and purifies Hie blood. Dr. J. JI. McLean’s office, 31-1 Chestnut, St. Louis, Mo. TRUTHS AND TRIFLES. .. With virtuo, capiiolty and good con duct, ono can Btill bo linsupportabls, Tho manner*, which aro neglected aa smiill thing*, nro often thono which de- cldo men for or against you. A Blight attention to thorn would have prevented their ill judgment*.—Dnijsrc. .. A Connecticut woman publishes her husband a* follow*: "Of tho four wives ho lmd before me, the last he quarreled away; how tho other three camo by tliolr death lie can beat inform tlio public ; hut 1 caution all widows or maiden* against marrying him, be their doHire (or matrimony ovor so strong.” .. A I'ronchmnn has invented a solder to seal up liolos iu tlnwnro, which is not only pronounced perlect, butawful cheap. But he’ll loso money if lie comes over hero v>ith it, for tlio American nation Is so surely wodded to tho use of a small piece of rng, that tho most elaborate com bination can not wean it from its idol. ..lluinpty Dnmpty Fox, with his krnin all correct again, is living quietly In hisown house in Brooklyn,in excellent health nnd spirits. Ho thinks of tho singe, lmt duos not know when ho will jam ids hands down hard into his pockets, too in, nnd assume a diabolical grim bo- fore an uproarious house again. .. A laily in Springfield had beon talk ing with her little girl about a death in tlio neighborhood, and about good chil dren going to heaven, when bright eyes said : “ Mamma, shall we have clothe* ready (or us (n heaven ?” nnd the mother replied in tlio afiinnativo. The little ono wont nway again to her play, bu t toon camo back in n thoughtful mood with, 11 Well, mamma, I guess I’ll tako iny trunk of clotheH nlong, to make sum!” .. Young lady in tho country: "Aunt Tabltliy, my fur-sack of imitation mush- rat in about played—wlioddy you think I’d bettor git into for summer wear ?” “ Itooshy, I’d jest like to see yo,ur lovely form in one of these new-fashioned cus pidors, cut bias, turned over on the edge nnd box-piented around tlio top!" [,Sensation, j .‘.The heirs of Joseph Ixiwis, tho Hoboken man, who willed a million dol lars to help retiro to national debt, are coming forWnrd by the band-wagon load nnd putting in a pica of the patriot’s In sanity. Not that they want the million dollars, understand, but because they deslro to soc lunacy discouraged. ..Thu advice of the Globe-Democrat to llie young man who hung around tho chamber-window of the fair girl with the tcarlct lips, was: I’rny rouse your sonsnlers Rii.hlnR About tho girl bo fair; And don't po hunglng round her Hut court hor on tne nquaro. And to this an anonymous correspondent thus makes reply: I followed your Btiggatton, And Blood on court square all day. Ilut the Jovoiy girl, with the scarlet Upe, Kho never came that way, ..The Buffalo Courier hunts it up again and starts off with: Mr. Secretary Thompson has never served two yeafs before the mast, but it is affirmed that his nautical acquirements are more varied than were those of President Taylor’B secretary of the navy. When that official first boarded a man-of-war at the Gosport navy-yard he paused before the batch way^gavr? a startled glance down ward and exclaimed, “ Groat Caesar's ghost! if tlio thing isn’t hollow 1” ..Mrs. Tudell’s came home from a bric-a-brac salo the other day with a "’hole lot of cheap stuff which she called “articles of vertu.” “Vertul” con temptuously echoed her husband; “ why you’vo been swindled if you call that trash vertu. The whole lot is not wortn twenty-five cents.” “ Wi I 1 .” reUrted Mrs. T., “perhaps it is not the genuine stuff'; hut doesn't Qlmkspoarc say, ‘ Assume a vertu if you have it not?’ ” That settled it.—Norr «- town Herald. • .. When the Prince of Wales visted Coventry two or three years ago, the secretary to his royal highness, thinking the procession to the station was moving somewhat slowly, sent rather an impera tive message commanding “ the mayor to trot.” The answer returned was, “Tell Mr. Knollyj tho mayor of Coventry does not trot.” The present occupier of ihe magisterial chair was present at a dinner parly given the Jther evening by the member for 'North Warwickshire, Mr. Dromley-Davcnport. He had the honor to take the hostess in to dinner. “I don’t know, Mr. Mayor,” said the lady, “whether you are at all afraid ol the measles, but my little children have them, and I myself have had a slight attack.” Once more the mayor nt' Coventry lose to the occasion. “Mad am.” he paid, c< I should be only too de lighted to talc'd anything from so charm ing a source.’*